DB2 BLU powers two different cloud offerings. These are:
A. 1) BLU Acceleration for Cloud 2)AnImage offering including Cognos
B. 1)BLU Insight 2)AManaged Service offering including Cognos
C. 1) BLU Analytics Acceleration 2)AManaged Service offering that does not include Cognos
D. 1)DB2 BLU Cloud Edition 2)AnImage offering that does not include Cognos
Which of the underlying technologies give BLU Acceleration its greatest competitive advantage over alternative solutions?
A. In-memory, columnar technology
B. Actionable compression
C. CPU acceleration
D. Data Skipping
Which are the best two entry points for BLU Acceleration?
A. Cognos BIcustomers
B. SAP BW customers
C. DB2 for z/OS customers
D. Oracle ERP customers
What type of "as-a-Service" delivery is SoftLayer?
A. Infrastructure-as-a-Service
B. Platform-as-a-Service
C. Software-as-a-Service
Which best describes the Oracle environments that we should prioritize for Oracle takeout opportunities?
A. All Oracle environments are equally simple to go after with our Oracle application compatibility layer
B. The ideal environments are those where the Oracle Application Suite is being used by the client
C. SAP, Cognos and environments with home grown applications will generally be the easiest to go after
D. We only target take-out with SAP environments
Which is the most accurate statement about why BLU is a better alternative solution to HANA?
A. BLU is less expensive than HANA. but is the same technology
B. BLU is the only solution in the industry which leverages both in-memory technology as well as deep hardware exploitation such as SIMD
C. BLU provides a less expensive solution which works with all SAP applications regardless of whether there are analytics or reporting running in the system
D. BLU provides a less expensive, mature and more flexible columnar implementation than HANA so that the client will not need to change their skills or hardware infrastructure
Which two examples show that Amazon RedShift lacks DB2 BLU's usability features?
A. Compression algorithms must be picked manually
B. Workload management divides resources manually and does not dynamically adjust memory allocation to meet workload requirements
C. Query execution plans must be specified manually
D. Data skipping must be specified manually
Managed Service offerings provide:
A. IBM management of comprehensive performance SLAs
B. User customization of the server and software stack
C. IBM management of provisioning, upgrades, backups, and availability
D. Free access to dedicated servers or clusters
Which of the following summarizes the BLU Acceleration value prop?
A. Fast, Inexpensive, Compatible
B. Fast, Simple. Agile
C. Simple. Reliable, Inexpensive
D. Agile, Inexpensive, Complete
Which aspect of BLU Acceleration best differentiates it from other competitors with some form columnar database support?
A. Extreme performance
B. Available as a cloud offering
C. Load and go simplicity
D. Parallel Vector Processing
